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TWINE HOLDER ANDQTAKE-P.

Patented Apr. 26, 1898. 'Iql J Jr k 17 /NVENTOH UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

FREDERICK VALLAOE COPOUTT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK, ASSGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. RAYMOND, OF SAME PLACE.

TWINE HOLDER AND TAKE-UP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,129, dated April 26, 1898.

Application iiled November 1l, 1897. Serial No. 658,175. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may cora/cern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WALLACE OOPCUTT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Twine Holder and Take-Up, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in those devices which are used for holding twine and which have as a part thereof a takeup which retracts a certain amount of the string after being released, and thus rcmoves the end of the cord from the counter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my device. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail View, partly in section, showing one form of construction of the take-up weight; and Fig. 4f.v is a detail view, partly in section, showing the construction of another form of take-up weight.

My device is mounted upon a frame consisting of a board or plate A,'which is provided at top and bottom with forwardly-extending shelves or ledges O and B. Near the upper end of the back plate and beneath the shelf C is pivoted the clamping-lever l, which at one end is provided with a cord-guide J, which, as shown in the drzuvings, consists of two pins placed close together. The opposite end of the lever is provided with a plate J', adapted to engage with a stop K, iixed to the under side of the shelf O. A special stop for this purpose may be-done away with by pivoting the lever at such an elevation that the end opposite that carrying the cord-guide J will engage the undersurface of the shelf O. On the board or plate A and near the end of theleverl, having the plate J', is a cord-guide L, preferably formed as a screw-hook or in any other suitable manner open at the upper side, so that a cord may be readily inserted therein. This construction is clearly shown in Fig. 2, where the cordguide L', located upon the opposite side of the plate or back, is shown in side elevation.

Upon the base or lower shelf B is formed an inclosure of any suitable design, which will receive and retain a ball of twine g. As

shown, this inclosure consists of the posts h, connected by suitable cross-bars. A pair of guide-wires D connect the upper and lower shelves adjacent to the end of the lever l, which carries the cord-guide J. A weight E is provided with side extending arms having eyes E2, which embrace said wires. The upper end of the weight is provided with an up- 6o wardly-projecting arm e, which arm may be integral with the weight or be formed on a separate piece fastened to the weight. The latter construction is the one shown in the drawings.

The arm e has a pivot-pin e fixed thereto and forming the journal for the pulley E'. This journal or pivot projects beyond the pulley and has an arm e2 pivoted thereon and adapted to normally swing downward to a po- 7o sition parallel with the arm e. This arm e2 is normally held against the base by means of a spring c3, which may be readily swung upward, in order to place the cord G on the pulley, whereupon the arm c2 will swing dcwn- 75 ward and prevent the cord from being displaced.

The construction shown in Fig. 4 varies from the construction previously described in that the pivoirpin is made as a hollow cyl- 8o `inder F, and a spirally-coiled spring F' is inment with the stop f, iiXed upon the base.

This arm F2 may he thrown upward to allow of the insertion of the cord and when released 9o will be thrown downward by the spring F' until it engages the stop j".

On the upper surface of the shelf O is pivoted a handle O', by which the device may be suspended. The device may also be sus- 9 5 pended, if desired, by providing a hole in the plate or back A to receive a pin, screw, or hook in a suitable support or may be set upon a shelf. In threading my device the ball of twine g is placed within the receptacle proloo vided therefor, and the free portion of the twine is placed within the hook L and the cord-guide J the intermediate portion of the twine passing over the upper edge of the plate J and the lever I. The cord is then carried downward and inserted beneath the pulley E by swinging the movable arm c2 or F2 to one side, is then carried upward and placed within the cord-guide L', and the lower end G thereof is then carried down to a point where it will be convenient for use.

In using the device when the end G' of the cord is pulled down the weight E is iirst raised until the pulley E is nearly upon a level with the adjacent end of the lever I. At this point the heft of the weight E is largely removed from the end of the lever I. This weight when suspended from the lever serves to clamp the cord between the plate J and the stop K to prevent delivery of the cord. As soon as the weight is elevated to the lever I the clamp is released, and the cord is free to pay out. lVhen, however, the cord is released, the weight E drops to the bottom of the device, carrying the end G of the cord upward out of the way. To prevent noise by the banging of the weight upon the base of the device, a cushion H is inserted in the receptacle, which receives the weight. This cushion may consist of a small piece of carpet or any other suitable material.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A twine holder and take-up, comprising a pivoted lever having a cord-guide on one end, a stop located above and so as to be engaged by the other end, cord-guides located beyond each end of the lever, a weight adapted to be attached to the cord between the cordguide 011 the lever and the adjacent fixed cordguide, and a stop limiting the drop of said weight, substantially as described.

2. -A twine holder and take-up, comprising a pivoted lever having a cord-guide on one end, a stop adapted to be engaged by the other end of the lever when it is swung upward, cord-guides located beyond each end of the lever, weight-guides between the cordguides on the lever and the adjacent xed cord-guide, a weight sliding thereon and having a cord-guide, and a stop limiting the fall of said weight, substantially as described.

3. A twine holder and take-up, comprising a pivoted lever having a cord-guide on one end, a stop adapted to be engaged by the other end of the lever when it is swung upward, cord-guides located beyond each end of the lever, said cord-guides being open on their upper sides, a weight and guides therefor between the cord-guide on the lever and the adjacent fixed cord-guide, and a stop limiting the fall of said weight, substantially as Y from one end, an arm swinging upon the other end of said pivot and adapted to engage the weight, and a stop limiting the drop of -said weight, substantially as described.

5. A twine holder and take-up, comprising a pivoted lever having a cord-guide on one end, a stop adaptedv to be engaged by the other end to clamp the cord, cord-guides located beyond each end of the lever, said cordguides being open on their upper sides,weight guides between the cordguide on the lever and the adjacent fixed cord-guide, a weight having a pulley mounted thereon, the pivot of said pulley being supported from one end, an arm swinging upon the other end of said pivot and adapted to engage the weight, and a stop limiting the drop of said weight, substantially as described.

6. A twine holder and take-up, comprising a pivoted lever having a cord-guide on one end, a stop adapted to be engaged by the other end of the lever to clamp the cord, a weight having a pulley mounted thereon, the pivot of said pulley being hollow and supported from one end, an arm swinging upon the outer end of said pivot, a spiral spring within the pivot, having one end iixed and the other engaging the swinginglever to throw it downward against the weight, a stop on the weight engaged by said arm, and a stop limiting the downward drop of the weight, substantially as described.

7. A twine holder and take-up, comprising a back having a projecting shelf at top and bottom, a lever pivoted to the back just beneath the upper shelf and having a cord-guide on one end thereof, the other end being adapted to engage a stop on the upper shelf, a cordguide fixed beyond each end of the lever` weight-guides between the end of the lever having the cord-guide and the adjacent fixed cord-guide and connecting the top and bottom shelves, and a weight sliding on said guides and having a cord-guide thereon, substantially as described.

8. A twine holder and take-up, comprising a back having a projecting shelf at top and bottom, a lever pivoted to the back just beneath the upper shelf and having a cord-guide on one end thereof, the other end being adapted to engage the cord to clamp it, a cord-guide fixed beyond each end of the lever, wires extending between the upper and lower shelf,v and located between the end of the lever having the cord-guide and the adjacent fixed guide and constituting a weight-guide, and a weight having eyes embracing said wires, a pulley mounted thereon by a pivot supported from one end, and a spring-held arm pivoted on the pulley-pivot and adapted to engage the weight or be swung upward, substantially as described.

FREDRICK WALLACE COPCUTT.

Vitnesses:

WM. H. GRACE, JOHN H. RAYMOND.

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